Tsefalas is back with bright melodies, dark lyrics.Byline: POP NOTES By Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard Chris Tsefalas must really like Eugene. The Portland singer-songwriter was last here a few weeks ago, playing at the Downtown Lounge. He performed at Sam Bond's Garage in July and Luckey's Club Cigar Store Luckey’s Club Cigar Store was purchased in 1911 by Tad Luckey, Sr., the son of Irish immigrants and an early Eugene pioneer. It is the oldest retail business in downtown Eugene, and one of the oldest bars in Oregon. in May. Now he's back, making a return trip to Luckey's, 933 Olive St., for a show today. Tsefalas' latest record is "I'm All Right?', which was produced by Portland musician John Moen John Moen is a member of the Portland, Oregon rock band The Decemberists. He sings, plays the drums, the melodica, occasionally the keyboard, and dances around with a floor tom. , a former Dharma dharma (där`mə). In Hinduism, dharma is the doctrine of the religious and moral rights and duties of each individual; it generally refers to religious duty, but may also mean social order, right conduct, or simply virtue. Bum who now plays with Stephen Malkmus Stephen Malkmus (born May 30, 1966 , Santa Monica, California, died October 20, 2007) was an indie rock musician and a former member of the band Pavement. Biography & the Jicks and The Decemberists. Tsefalas' voice bears a certain resemblance to Paul Westerberg's. His lyrics skew (1) The misalignment of a document or punch card in the feed tray or hopper that prohibits it from being scanned or read properly. (2) In facsimile, the difference in rectangularity between the received and transmitted page. to the darker side, while his melodies are bright and poppy. Also on the bill is Book of Maps, 937. Showtime is 10 p.m. The cover is $3 to $5. Swing Shift Friday, John Henry's Eugene's hard-swinging big band Swing Shift resumes its First Friday First Friday is a city-wide public event that occurs on the first Friday of every month. The events may take on many purposes, including art gallery openings and social networking. Art Walk gigs at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway today. A $5 cover for the 7 p.m. show gets you in for a night of Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Thad Jones and a host of other big band heroes. This early show will be followed at 9 p.m. by a double bill of Michale Graves (of the Misfits) and PB Army. Cover for that show is $5. Reignition Vol. 9 Friday, WOW Hall It'll be a night of new beginnings at the WOW Hall. This Day's End, a band whose members have been playing together since 1998, will play its final show with all original members tonight. Sam Wartenbee, the band's singer-guitarist, is leaving the fold to pursue other projects. Ben Arp, who formerly played bass in This Day's End, will rejoin the band as the guitarist. Wartenbee will debut some of his new material today, with a group billed as Sam Wartenbee and Friends. Rounding out tonight's lineup for the Reignition Vol. 9 local music showcase are 800 Octane and A Mind Like Yours. Admission will be $5 at the door, with all band proceeds going to support the WOW Hall's light and sound systems. The hall is located at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Flogging Molly Wednesday, WOW Hall Irish-born Flogging Molly frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Dave King has this to say about his music: `If it didn't have mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. , accordion, fiddle and whistle, it would be punk rock, and if it didn't have guitar, bass and drums "Guitar, Bass and Drums" is the three EP campaign from British rock singer, Toby Jepson. Formerly of the British rock band, Little Angels, Jepson has returned to the music industry in 2007. EP #1 was released on 23 March 2007. , it would be traditional Irish music." This best of both worlds scenario is what landed the group on four of the past five Warped Tours, hardly the place you'd expect to hear an Irish band. Local fans will get a chance to revisit the Flogging Molly live energy when the band plays at the WOW Hall on Wednesday, in a show presented by the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Cultural Forum. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 to $25 and are available at the WOW Hall and the Erb Memorial Union ticket office. Gillian Welch Wednesday, McDonald Theatre Gillian Welch's press materials quote the singer-songwriter as saying her latest record, "Soul Journey," is the "sunniest record I've ever made." But this is Gillian Welch. Even her publicists feel compelled to hedge that bet a bit. They say "partly cloudy" might be a better fit. No matter, as local fans will get to judge the material for themselves when Welch takes the stage at the McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St., on Wednesday. Tickets are $20 in advance, available from TicketsWest, or $25 day of show. The show begins at 8 p.m. Anne Murray Wednesday, Hult Center Throughout her career, Canadian singer Anne Murray has walked the line between country and pop. And she's done it well, as evidenced by her big hit singles, "Snowbird snowbird: see junco. " and `You Needed Me." Throughout the late '70s and early '80s, she had a string of singles land high on the country charts. She's recorded 33 albums and most recently put out "All of Me," a collection of her greatest hits as well as her take on some standards. Murray will bring her five-piece band and a 14-piece orchestra to the Hult Center for the Performing Arts The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts facility in Eugene, Oregon, opened in 1982. 27 architectural firms competed for the opportunity to design the Center, but in the end the Eugene City Council awarded the contract to the New York firm of Hardy , Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street, for a show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $29 to $39 and are available through the Hult Center ticket office, by phone at 682-5000 or online at www.hultcenter.org. Shanti Shanti (from Sanskrit शािन्त śāntiḥ) can mean:
Thursday, WOW Hall Think of Shanti Groove as an amplified acoustic jam band, or a slamgrass band. The band brings traditional Appalachian instrumentation to the jam scene. The result? A group that gets the crowd moving. Shanti Groove has performed with the bigs of the jam world - String Cheese Incident, Yonder yon·der adv. In or at that indicated place: the house over yonder. adj. Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight: "Yonder hills," he said, pointing. Mountain String Band, the Big Wu, Steve Kimock and David Grisman Quintet. On Thursday at the WOW Hall, the band will be joined by two special guests, Eugene's Sweet Island Thyme and Jair. Showtime is 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance, available at the WOW Hall, CD & Game Exchange, CD World, House of Records, Taco Loco and the Erb Memorial Union ticket office. Admission at the door is $10. English and U.S.D.U.E.T Thursday, DIVA Joe Foster moved to Seoul, South Korea, in 2002, after a long stint in Portland playing with the likes of JP Jenkins, Bryan Eubanks, Peevish pee·vish adj. 1. a. Querulous or discontented. b. Ill-tempered. 2. Contrary; fractious. [Middle English pevish, possibly from Latin and Super Unity, to name a few. Bonnie Jones was born in South Korea and until recently her media were text and performance. On a return trip to Korea, she discovered the digital delay pedal and circuit bending. And she was hooked. Jones and Foster are touring the West Coast this fall, and have a stop planned on Thursday at the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, 115 W. Broadway. Showtime is 9:30 p.m. and admission will be $5. CAPTION(S): Flogging Molly offers a high-energy synthesis of traditional Irish music and punk rock. The band plays Wednesday at the WOW Hall in a show presented by the University of Oregon Cultural Forum. The Associated Press |
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